ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,981, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Chan Young Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixel groups arranged in a Bayer pattern; a row driver connected to a row of the pixel array; and a readout circuit configured to sample a pixel signal from the pixel array, to compare the sampled pixel signal with a ramp signal, and to generate a digital image signal based on a comparison of the pixel signal and the ramp signal. A pixel group of t...